Hamilton Park

Teens: play ball for free on Friday & Saturday nights as part of the Inner City Hoops program.

Hamilton Park Fieldhouse

Entrance of Hamilton Park

Hamilton Park Playground

Gymnasium

Club room at Hamilton Park

Location:

513 W. 72nd St.
Chicago, IL 60621

Supervisor: Michael Lindsey

Phone Numbers:
Main
(312) 747-6174

Features:Parks

Hours

Park
Hours

Sunday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Monday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Tuesday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Wednesday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Thursday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Friday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Saturday:

6:00 am-11:00 pm

Fieldhouse Hours

Sunday

Closed

Monday

10:00 am-8:30 pm

Tuesday

10:00 am-8:30 pm

Wednesday

10:00 am-8:30 pm

Thursday

10:00 am-8:30 pm

Friday

10:00 am-8:30 pm

Saturday

9:00 am-5:30 pm

Description

Located in the Englewood community, Hamilton Park Cultural Center totals 29.95 acres and features two gymnasiums, an auditorium, dance studio, archery range and a multi-purpose room. Outside, the park offers a swimming pool, baseball/softball diamonds, basketball, handball, and tennis courts, playground. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our gymnasium, auditorium, fields, dance studio and multi-purpose room.

Park-goers can participate in Park Kids, seasonal sports, archery, Teen Club. On the cultural side, Hamilton Park offers ballet, jazz and hip hop dance classes. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and during the summer youth can participate in the Park District’s popular six-week day camp.

In addition to programs, Hamilton Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family, such as our annual jazz concert.

History

The South Park Commission created Hamilton Park in 1904 as part of a revolutionary system of neighborhood parks providing relief to Chicago's congested tenement districts. The city's existing parks were far away from the noisy, overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods in the center of the city. Superintendent J. Frank Foster envisioned a new type of park that would not only provide beautifully landscaped "breathing spaces," but also a variety of services and educational functions. Nationally renowned landscape architects the Olmsted Brothers and architects Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed the entire system of new parks. The first ten neighborhood parks opened to the public in 1905. Of the ten parks, Hamilton was the only one named for a national political figure. It honors Alexander Hamilton (1755-?1804), advisor to George Washington and first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. The theme of national political history is beautifully conveyed in the Hamilton Park fieldhouse murals, executed by noted Chicago artist, John Warner Norton. The other nine parks, Sherman, Ogden, Palmer, and Bessemer Parks, and Mark White, Russell, Davis, Armour and Cornell Squares, were named for figures who were significant to the development of Chicago.

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Programs

Registration dates vary by park. The dates listed below are specific to this park.

2018 Fall: Zone 2: East of California

Most programs run from Monday, September 10 to Sunday, December 09.

Online registration begins Tuesday, August 07.

In-person registration begins Saturday, August 11.

2019 Winter: Zone 2: West of California

Most programs run from Monday, January 07 to Sunday, March 17.

Online registration begins Tuesday, December 04.

In-person registration begins Saturday, December 08.

Click on a program name below for description, availability and to add to your wish list or register online (if available). For activities that have already begun, registration is ongoing while spots are available.

From September 10, 2018 to December 7, 2018Each Monday from 6:15pm to 8:15pmEach Tuesday from 6:15pm to 8:15pmEach Wednesday from 6:15pm to 8:15pmEach Thursday from 6:15pm to 8:15pmEach Friday from 6:15pm to 8:15pm

From September 10, 2018 to November 28, 2018Each Monday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Tuesday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Wednesday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Thursday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Friday from 12:30pm to 2:30pm

From January 7, 2019 to March 15, 2019Each Monday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Tuesday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Wednesday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Thursday from 12:30pm to 2:30pmEach Friday from 12:30pm to 2:30pm